122 was so beloved because at its core it was about the dude we've been following around (Eren) and a broken kid (Ymir) sharing a moment of extreme empathy.
It was always supposed to have an emotional core, with an emphasis that the great God and Founder Ymir was merely a normal person with her own desires and dreams. All she needed was a hug and the reassurance that everything would be alright. The realization that she had to wait 2000 years just for someone to treat her with a modicum of compassion made her break down.
122 was the ultimate reflection of Eren's character as an empathic and compassionate man who deeply values freedom and cares about the plights of the people around him, in this case, the plight of the slave Ymir. At that moment, all the geopolitical crap and lelouch crap, and the pretenses of edginess that nobody cares about was tossed to the side and at its core it was just an emotional heart to heart between these two characters. The Rumbling beginning shortly after was merely a catharsis to the shared understanding between Eren and Ymir.
I was kind of sad that MAPPA didn't focus that hard on the emotional connection between the two through the direction of the scene where Eren frees Ymir. The lack of music/horror-related music made me feel that Eren was simply using Ymir yet again, and while Eren needed her powers, I think his empathy for Ymir would be at the forefront of his mind at the time.
So what do you think? Was Eren primarily focused on starting the rumbling when he hugged Ymir, or was he focused on reassuring this broken kid? I believe the latter is what everyone wants Eren to be, and is why 122 is so beloved, but Only Ymir Knows, after all.
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122 was so beloved because at its core it was about the dude we've been following around (Eren) and a broken kid (Ymir) sharing a moment of extreme empathy.
It was always supposed to have an emotional core, with an emphasis that the great God and Founder Ymir was merely a normal person with her own desires and dreams. All she needed was a hug and the reassurance that everything would be alright. The realization that she had to wait 2000 years just for someone to treat her with a modicum of compassion made her break down.
122 was the ultimate reflection of Eren's character as an empathic and compassionate man who deeply values freedom and cares about the plights of the people around him, in this case, the plight of the slave Ymir. At that moment, all the geopolitical crap and lelouch crap, and the pretenses of edginess that nobody cares about was tossed to the side and at its core it was just an emotional heart to heart between these two characters. The Rumbling beginning shortly after was merely a catharsis to the shared understanding between Eren and Ymir.
I was kind of sad that MAPPA didn't focus that hard on the emotional connection between the two through the direction of the scene where Eren frees Ymir. The lack of music/horror-related music made me feel that Eren was simply using Ymir yet again, and while Eren needed her powers, I think his empathy for Ymir would be at the forefront of his mind at the time.
So what do you think? Was Eren primarily focused on starting the rumbling when he hugged Ymir, or was he focused on reassuring this broken kid? I believe the latter is what everyone wants Eren to be, and is why 122 is so beloved, but Only Ymir Knows, after all.
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